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This was my second trip to Toronto, but Alexi didn’t go with me last time. And a doll from Toronto deserves to visit Toronto. We had quite an adventure, and after this trip, I have crowned myself queen of public transportation. I landed in Canada with $30 local currency and 2 subway tokens (I actually ended up losing one somewhere) and managed through 3 separate transit systems of buses and subways. It was rough. But awesome. Let’s go!

It started in the wee hours of Saturday, with a shuttle bus to the airport.

We first flew to Chicago. Here we are waiting for our little airplane to take us to Toronto

We landed in Toronto about 7:30. Again the actual customs line moved fast, but the wait for luggage was slow, just like when Leonie and I went to Canada in August. We didn’t make it to our hotel until long after 9; too late for dinner. Here we are waiting for our bus from the airport:

On Sunday we got up bright and early and had breakfast near the hotel, then took 2 buses to go to church. I don’t always go to church when I’m on vacation, but I thought it would be important to go on this trip. I found out after I booked the trip that last weekend was Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Pilgrims and Indians, but it is a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. I think going to church is a perfect place to go to celebrate our many blessings.

I had lots of churches to choose from, but I chose one in the town of Richmond Hill. Here’s Alexi at the transfer point:

and on the sidewalk outside the church. What a lovely fall day!

A major factor in choosing the Richmond Hill ward was that it was just one bus away from the Promenade Mall. Are you wondering what’s so special about the Promenade Mall? I’ll tell you soon…

Here’s Alexi on the bus to the mall. It was a rapid transit bus named Viva.

Well…the Promenade Mall is home to the Maplelea Seasonal Store! The only Maplelea store in existence, and even it is only open until Christmas! The store made me so happy. I told my friends that I went to dolly heaven. Here are some pictures I took of the in-store displays.

Maplelea just introduced 15 new friend dolls! Here they are with the 12 original friend dolls

Here’s a closeup of the 2 girls that stood out the most to me, #14 and #15

And here are the front window displays. Sorry for all the glare. In the first photo, you can see a reflection of a little boy. He really wanted his mommy to take his photo with the dollies, but mommy wouldn’t!

And they had a super-cute photo booth! I had to take Alexi’s photo:

They had a lot of fun props for the photo booth:

I could have spent all day at the store, staring at all the pretty dollies. But I had a lot more Toronto to see! That night I went to a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner, then I went to Wonderland and rode roller coasters ’til midnight. Alexi didn’t go to Wonderland. She wouldn’t have been allowed on any of the rides anyway.

The next day we rode the subway downtown

First stop, breakfast:

If you’re interested, that is a worm and dirt doughnut and a strawberry banana yoghurt smoothie.

We wandered around downtown for about an hour, stopping for photo ops outside the hockey hall of fame:

The CN tower:

and the Sony Centre for Performing Arts

We also grabbed a photo of a random Canada Post box (because they’re so much cuter than a US mailbox)

and a streetcar (because it’s so much cuter than a bus)

Then we went to Eaton Centre, home of…

…an American Girl boutique!

It was cute and little. I didn’t buy anything because I didn’t wanna pay the high sales tax rate, and I already have an American Girl Canada shirt that I got in Vancouver. Just one cute photo. I love Julie’s egg chair!

Then it was time for lunch, then back to the hotel to pick up luggage, then back to the airport.

We’ll close with this funny picture of Alexi on the airplane:

This was a quick, fun trip. Toronto has so much to discover–I see myself visiting again and again. Until next time!

And let’s see what other Molly outfit photos I have lying around. Here’s last week’s photo of Molly and Emily in Saige’s hot air balloon. Emily is wearing the Route 66 outfit and Molly is wearing the Roller Skating outfit:

A lousy picture of Kit, but a pretty good picture of Molly’s Dude Ranch outfit!

Emily in her bikini:

Samantha wore Molly’s Polka Dot Dress on a wintertime trip to American Girl:

Rebecca borrowed Emily’s dress for a Hanukkah celebration:

Ruthie is wearing Molly’s pajamas (homemade by my mommy), and is lounging on Molly’s bed with mini Molly’s copy of Meet Molly:

Nicki is suited up for Camp Gowonagin:

Nellie looks adorable in the roller skating outfit, but she’s about to wake the whole neighborhood with the cymbals from Molly’s percussion set:

Here’s the very first photo of my Emily; please excuse the messy dorm room:

Emily bakes cookies (the apron is part of Kit’s collection):

Another photo of the roller skating outfit; this time modeled by Nicki:

Kanani looks splendid in Molly’s Hawaiian-style swimsuit! Now she needs a Hawaiian beach (this photo is a beach on Washington’s Whidbey Island):

Alexi in Slam Dunk, Leonie in Melody in Blue, Taryn in Summerhill Stroll, Saila in Jenna’s original outfit and Sports Energy Pack (this outfit has recently been through a much-needed update), Jenna in her snowsuit, and Brianne is wearing Taryn’s outfit (which is a bit too pale for Brianne).

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My name is Marjorie. In most respects I am a grown up, in that I'm old enough to be a grown up and I have a full time job. I'm Marjorie. I'm a grown up. I love my dolls. I'm a Mormon.
I have recently decided to dedicate this blog to my dolls. Maybe I think they need to make more friends on the internet. I currently collect American Girl, Maplelea, A Girl for All Time, and Carpatina. I have others too...I look forward to you meeting all of my dolls. Have a nice day.